A living legend

Van der Rohe: Barcelona Chair

Since 1929 it has attracted a lot of attention: the Barcelona Chair. It has been named after the city which made it famous and was designed by the well-known architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on occasion of the World Exhibition in Spain in 1929. This amazing chair soon established itself as a cult object – until today it has developed into a popular piece of seating furniture in the foyers of the most renowned companies and a status symbol in private living rooms in all contintents. Following the motto of van der Rohe “less is more” the Barcelona Chair will be proof of your excellent taste which is subdued but cannot be overlooked. Not many other pieces of furniture have reached such a high awareness level or comparable worldwide sales figures over such a long period of time.

The designer built the original with a slightly curved frame made of hand-welded steel band which has been chromed afterwards. But twenty years later the architect has revised his design, when new technologies made the production of the frames in one piece possible. Even nowadays companies like BestofBauhaus.com are still producing the basic frames of the Barcelona Chair, made of chrome polished stainless steelwhich is resistant to oxidation in accordance with these guidelines. The production of the sophisticated button upholstery, consisting of individual squares of genuine aniline calfskin also corresponds with the original design of the master.

Although many decades have gone by since its first big presentation, this exquisite piece of art still is a statement for contemporary design, without neglecting its original purpose of use: to be your comfortable chair.

Having become a real classic, which is still trendy, it can now also become a home, as the Barcelona Chair still belongs to the most exquisite pieces of modern chair design.